Welt for boots or shoes



June 21, 1932. H. LYON 1,864,311

WELT FOR BOOTS OR SHOES Filed March 17, 1930 INVENTOR.

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Patented June 21, 1932 UNITsn STATES PATENT OFFICE .I-IAR-RY LYON, orI-roLBnooK, MAssAcHUsEr'rs,assreivonro HAMILTON-WADE coar- 1;;

PAT TY, 0F BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS-A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS WELTFOR BOOTS OR SHOES Application filed March 17, 1930. Serial No. 436,419.

This invention relates to welts for boots or shoes. 7

One object of the invention is to provide a novel and improvedconstruction of welt which enables a-closer and a more desirable contactto be secured between the upper portion of the welt and the shoe upperthan has heretofore been possible with other welts of which I am aware.

A further object of the invention is to provide a novel and improvedconstruction of welt which afiords a superior support for the shoe upperand permits a desirable snug fit to be secured between the upper surfaceof the welt and the shoe upper while permitting considerable variationin the exact position ing of the upper with relation to the welt duringthe manufacture of the shoe, without materially effecting the closurebetween the upper and the welt.

With these-objects in view, the invention consists in the weltparticularly defined in the claim at the end of this specification.

In the drawing illustrating the preferred embodiments of the inventionFig. l is a sectional View of a portion of a shoe embodying the presentwelt;

Fig. 2, a perspective of a portion of a strip of the stock from whichthe present welt is to be made;

Fig. 3, a similar view illustrating the first step in the formation ofthe welt from the stock illustrated in Fig. 2;

Fig. 4, a perspective view illustrating the formation of the flap;

Fig. 5, a perspective of the preferred form of filler strip used in themanufacture of the present welt;

Fig. 6, a perspective of the finished welt, and

Figs. 7 and 8, perspective views of modifications of the welt shown inFig. 6.

In general the present invention contemplates a welt for use in themanufacture of boots and shoes which is provided upon its upper surfacewith a raised portion adapted to co-operate with the shoe upper and toform a relatively wide bearing surface for the upper, enabling asuperior contact to be effected between the welt and the upper than hasheretofore been possible with prior types of welts of which I am aware.

The welt may and preferably will be formed of the usualwelting stock outto form a flap of suflicient width to enclose a filler member, and thelatter may and preferably will be shaped to provide a raised portionwhose upper surface inclines downward to ward the inner edge of the weltand to pro- 1 vide a raised bearing surface of substantial I width whichforms a substantially sharp edge with avertical portion of the flap andupon which the'shoe upper. may be supported when the welt is embodied ina shoe. 7

The filler strip and flap may and preferably will'extend to the inneredge of the welt and be included in the anchorage by which thle welt'isattached to the upper and the inso e.

Referring now to the drawing as illus- I trated therein, 10 representsastrip of. welting stock from which the present welt may and preferablywill be made, and in the manufactureof the present well; the strip 10 isfirst cut to provide an incision "12 extending from the inner side ofthe strip to substantially midway thereof to form a flap 14. The stripisfurther cut out at 15 to form the inner edge 16 of'the welt and toenable the flap-forming portion 14 to extend beyond the inner edge ofthe welt. The usual form of groove 17 is cut'in the under surface of thestrip, and after these cuts have been made,

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the flap-forming portion leis raised and a surface 22 of the raisedportion of the welt T inclines downward and inwardly from the upper edgeof the vertical portion of the flap which is formed by the outer wall19'of the filler strip, preferably atan inclination conforming tothegeneral curvatureof. the portion of the shoe upper to be engaged and supported thereby.

It is preferred to form the upper surface of the strip with a slightcurvature as illustrated, in order to provide a most efficient juncturebetween the welt and the engaged portion of the shoe upper 34.

The filler strip 18 may be formed of any of the usual materials nowemployed for the construction of filler strips, such as cork, leather,or the like, and the filler strip may be cut into the illustrated shapefrom astrip of stock rectangular in section.

In manufacturing the Welt, after the strip 10 of welting stock has beencut to form the flap 14 and to produce the article illustrated in Figs.3 and 4, the flap 14 is raised and the filler member 18 inserted underthe flap and the latter folded around the flap to produce the productillustrated in Fig. 6.

In order to secure the flap-forming portion 14 to the filler member 18and also to the body portion of the welt, the flap member 14 maybecemented or otherwise adhesively affixed to the filler member and thelatter: cemented or otherwise adhesively aflixed to the body portion ofthe welt, producing the finished welt illustrated in Fig. 6.

As illustrated in the alternate form of welt shown in Fig. 7, the fillermember '18 may be stitched by the stitching 26 to the body of theweltand the flap member 14 may be adhesively affixed to thefiller vmember.

A still further modification of the invention is illustrated in Fig. .8,in which the filler member l8isshown as secured by stitches 26 to thebody of thewelt and the fiapmember 14 .is secured by stitches 28 locatednear the inner edge of the welt, and'eXtending directly through both thefiller and the body of the welt. The welt 10 may be secured to the outersole 32 by the usual stitches 33.

As illustrated in Fig. 1, when a weltembodying the present invention isembodied in a shoe, the inseam stitches 30 are preferably arranged toextend. as shown through the body of the welt, through the filter, andalso through the flap, thus providing a secure anchorage for the fillerand .the flap.

From the description thus far, particularly by reference to Fig. 1, itwillbe observed that a superior and extended contact maybe se cured inthe shoe between the upper and the relatively wide surface of the raisedor step portion of the present welt.

This feature of the invention provides for a snug and efficient fitbetween the upper and the welt notwithstanding variations which may takeplace during the manufacture of the shoe in the fitting of the welt totheshoe up- Slight differences in the positioning of the welt withrelation to the upper do not efiect the closure between the upper andthe welt and do notrcause agap between the raised or name to thisspecification.

step portion of the welt and the shoe upper.

While the preferred embodiments of the invention have been hereinillustrated and described, it will be understood that the invention maybe embodied in other forms within the scope of the following claim.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

A weit for a boot or shoe comprising a body portion cut to form a flapnormally extending beyond the inner edge of the said body portion, afiller strip inserted between said flap and said body portion andprovided with an outer wall of greater height than the inner wallthereof and with an inclined upper surface extended from the outer wallto the inner wall and co-operating with said flap to providethe latterwith a vertical portion of substantial height and with a substantiallywide inclined portion which forms With the said vertical portion asubstantially sharp edge and extends downward from said edge in closeproximity with the inner edge of the body portion underlying the saidflap. I

In testimony whereof, I have signed my HARRY LYON.

